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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Keep 'Roe v Wade' legal ContestPress Release from RPRC (Reduce Preterm Risk Cltn.) 7 March 2006Keep 'Roe v Wade' legal Contest (with a $10,000 prize)There is a large 'loophole' in the 22 Jan. 1973 'Roe v Wade'U.S. Supreme Court decision making elective abortion 'legal';This same loophole applies to the Canadian 'Morgentaler' ruling.Elective 'terminations' that are not in a patient's best inter-est are still not legal! 'So what', since abortions are 'safe'?In 1997 the top Scandinavian journal in the field of women'shealth reported that in the 12 months after an induced abortion,such women had 252% higher relative TOTAL risk of dying comparedto women who delivered. (Acta Obstet Gyn Scand 1997;76:651-657)This study must be countered with a study showing significantlylower total one year death risk to women who have abortions com-pared to women who delivered. If we knew of such a study, wewould not be holding this contest.The $10,000 contest ("Keep 'Roe v Wade' legal") in brief:PrizeAmount: $10,000 (U.S.) or 10 one ounce gold coins (CanadianMaple Leafs); the winner chooses all cash or all coinsWho Wins: The FIRST (there can only be ONE (1) winner) personto mail RPRC a copy of a significant study showinglower 12 month TOTAL death risk for U.S. women withelective abortions compared to women who carried toterm; (the study must be in the English language)EMAIL entries will NOT be accepted.Offered by: RPRC (Reduce Preterm Risk Cltn.)3456 Dunbar St. (146)Vancouver, Canada V6S 2C2Deadline forentries: 22 January 2007 (34th anniversary of 'Roe v Wade')Contestdetails: See the Appendix to this press release for details(Contest rules at: www.vcn.bc.ca/~whatsup/RoeWade.html ).....If, indeed, elective 'terminations' of pregnancy protect women'shealth, let's help keep this procedure safe and legal. This contestis 'for real' and a winner, if a copy of a valid study meeting thecriteria set out in the Appendix is received by RPRC before 22 January2007, will receive his/her $10,000 (U.S.) first (and only) prize....................................................................Appendix: Contest Rules for the "Keep 'Roe v Wade' legal Contest"7 March 20061. Prize amount: $10,000 (U.S.) to the FIRST person to provideRPRC with a copy of the required study; there can only beone winner.2. Eligibility: Any citizen of any country over the age of18 years.3. All decisions by RPRC judges are FINAL.4. The study must adhere to the following criteria:a. Achieved statistical significance in finding lower ALL-CAUSE(i.e. TOTAL) death risk for United States women with legalelective abortions compared to women who delivered newbornin the TWELVE months after 'the end of pregnancy'.b. Was published in a peer-reviewed ENGLISH language medicaljournal after Jan. 22, 1980 and before Jan. 22, 2002.c. Must not have later had its finding of significantly lowerdeath risk retracted by one or more of the study's authors orby the journal in which the study was first published.d. Must not exclude any death category. E.G. 'maternal mortality'studies that exclude deaths via accidents, homicide, suicide,or cancer are NOT ALL-CAUSE death studies and are not eligible.e. Design of study: must have used a registry of induced abortionsto ascertain whether women had elective abortions; (New Yorkstate has such a registry and thus, such a study could havebeen done there). Also, must have at least 250,000 subjectsin the study; (the 1997 study of Finnish women had well over500,000 women subjects in it).5. Tie entriesIf more than one entry satisfies the criteria for the winningentry (see points 2-4 above) and the postmarks have the samedate, a random draw of those entries will determine the ONEwinner. Assuming that there is no such 'tie', the earliestpostmarked entry meeting all the criteria wins. There is onlyone prize and the maximum number of winners is ONE (!).6. All letters sent to RPRC become the property of RPRC and willnot be returned.................................................................RPRC (Reduce Preterm Risk Cltn.)3456 Dunbar St. (146)Vancouver, CanadaV6S 2C2Feedback